Cigarette stub holder



March 15, 1938. s. ANDERSON 4 2,111,084

CIGARETTE STUB HOLDER Filed Feb. 25, 1937 l Ciqarel/e Fig. .5.

Elm beam Selma Qndenson Patented Mar. 15, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

2 Claims.

This invention relates to devices adapted to receive and hold apartially smoked cigarette and has for its objects to provide a devicewhich will automatically hold the cigarette in upright posi- 5 tion andalso extinguish the fire therein; which will ,keep the stub clean sothat, if desired, it may be relit and smoked; and which is cheap andsimple to make and effective in action.

I attain these and other objects by the devices and arrangementsillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a sideelevation of an ash-tray equipped with my device; Fig. 21s across-section thereof; and Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing acigarette stub being held thereby.

Similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts thoughout theseveral views.

It will'be undestood that my device may be applied to any desired tom ofsupport, usually When no cigarette is being held by my device the axisof the said tubes 4 is each vertically below that of the supporting rods3 (Fig. 2) and the free space between the tubes 4 is less than thediameter of a cigarette.

when a lighted cigarette stub is pushed down between the tubes 4 itis-thereby pinched to extinguish the fire and it forces the tubes 4laterally so that the axes thereof are no longer vertically below theaxes of the respective rods 3 but are swung laterally outward. In thispo-\ sition (Fig. 3) the weight of the tubes 4 apply a gripping actionon the cigarette between them and firmly hold it in such uprightposition.

It is, of course, understood that the invention illustrated anddescribed herein is in the preferred form but that many variations maybe made in the details thereof without departing from the spirit of myinvention as outlined in the appended claims, for instance, the rods 3may not extend entirely across the tray but may be in the form of pinsextending inward from the ears 2 and thus holding the tubes thereon. Thetubes may be made of metal, glass, or any other suitable material.

The words and terms in the description and claims are chosen forconvenience but are intended to be as generic in their meaning as theart will permit.

Having, therefore, described my invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:- a

1. A cigarette stub holdencomprising a pair of complementary supportedcars; a pair of parallel rods supported by said ears; and a pair oftubes loosely mounted on said rods, whereby said tubes are adapted to bethrust laterally by a cigarette placed between them and thereby to applya holding force thereto.

v 2. A cigarette stub holder, comprising a pair of complementarysupporting ears; a pair of parallel tubes; and means on said ears andloosely engaging the inside of said tubes, whereby each said tube isloosely supported by both said ears.

SELMA ANDERSON.

